Elvis & Nixon

Elvis & Nixon

Comedy drama from the producers of "World's Drunkest County", "Dallas Buyers Club", "Ultra Americans" and director Lisa Johnson. One December morning, Elvis Presley appeared at the White House, demanding that President Nixon receive him immediately. For the first time on the screen you can see the true story of the meeting between the King of Rock and Roll and the most influential person in the world. What did these two talk about in the Oval Office and what conclusions did they come to? Oscar nominee Michael Shannon as Elvis and two-time Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey as Richard Nixon. More On November 5, 2014, it became known that Michael Shannon and Kevin Spacey will take part in the filming of the project called "Elvis and Nixon", in which they will play the King of Rock and Roll and the American President. In January 2015, Colin Hanks, Johnny Knoxville, Alex Pettyfer, Tracy Letts, Skye Ferreira joined the cast. A month later, Ashley Benson, Tate Donavan and others joined the lineup. The role of the famous performer could first go to Eric Bana. The plot of the film "Elvis and Nixon" is based on the real story of the meeting between Presley and the US president in December 1970. At an early stage, it was expected that the film would have a small budget, and Presley would be played by one of the screenwriters, Joe Sagal. The film's director, Lisa Johnson, was nominated in 2010 at the Berlin Film Festival in the Best Short Film category. In addition to several short films, Johnson directed the drama "The Return" with Shannon, "From Hate to Love" with Kristen Wiig and Guy Pearce, and also took part in the creation of the series "Good Girls Revolt". Filming of "Elvis and Nixon" began in January 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana. In addition, Shreveport and Los Angeles became venues.